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Coll and Gillams in Christchurch International Open PSA Resized Logo

The Burnside Squash Club was packed this evening for the first semi-final between NZ Number 1 and World Ranked #34 Paul Coll and Peter Creed the 4th seeded Welshman.  

The match began with a series of long rallies with Coll working Creed around and out of position and then finishing off the rallies, he dominated and took the first 5 points. From there it was a safe first set for Coll, taking it comfortably 11/5.  The second and third games were equally convincing, Coll continued at a relentless pace and there didn’t seem to be anything the Welshman could do but bravely chase the balls down but to no avail.  It was a real masterclass from Coll and showed the improvement he has definitely made in the last 12 months, the finish came rather quickly, a brisk 31 minutes.

The second match between the two Englishman was always going to be a close affair and so it proved.  Josh Masters the tall shot maker continued his cracking form from last night and built a great lead in the first game, some of his winners were truly impressive, the steadier left-hander Gillams didn’t seem to have  an answer and Masters took the first game quite easily at 11/6.  But Gillams fought back in the 2nd and 3rd games, Masters seemed to fall off his game a little, the winners from the first game turning to errors in the next two.  Gillams took the advantage 2/1 and it was up to Masters to respond and so he did, the 4th game was more magic from Masters and he really dominated finishing off many of the rallies with great winners to take the match into 5th set decider.  Yet again Masters continued his top form and at 7/4 it looked like he was in control.  Gillams however had other ideas and with a gutsy display grafted his way back to take the lead, Masters perhaps looking a bit tired fell into some further errors.  Suddenly Gillams was ahead and had his first match ball at 10/8 … after a shortish rally Masters played a volley to the front corner, Gillams counter-dropped and when the ball jagged out from the corner Masters couldn’t get past Gillams, he asked for the let and a controversial call of no let was given, both players appearing shocked at the decision but the game was over, Gillams was in the final.

 

You can watch the excitement from 3:30pm tonight here and some round 1 games here

If you want some alternative commentary check out the SPALK page here

Draws for the PSA event can be found here whilst the local event and local draws can be found here

Check out the writeups from Qualifying Round 1Qualifying Round 2Round 1 and Quarter-Finals as well.

Semi-Finals

Paul Coll (NZL) (1) beat Peter Creed (WAL) (4) 11/5, 11/2, 11/5 (31 mins)

Angus Gillams (ENG) (3) beat Josh Masters (ENG) (5) 6/11, 11/7, 11/6, 5/11, 11/8 (60 mins)

 

Finals

Paul Coll (NZL) (1) vs Angus Gillams (ENG) (3)


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